[time-nuts] Line Voltage frequency Interface morphed to batteries

[J. Forster]

Recently, I took an old disposable 35mm film camera appart. It had a
flash, powered by a 1.5 V carbon-zinc AA battery. Inadvertantly, I got
across the terminals of the flash capacitor and got a hell of a shock.

Had the current gone through the right (wrong?) place, I could well be dead.

-John

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> Every time I follow a school bus that stops at a railroad crossing and
> opens its doors to stop, look, and listen - even though there is no
> sign with crossed bars saying "Stop, Look, and Listen" and there are
> many flashing red lights when a train approaches - I think of politicians
> who would not put their name to a bill that compromised children's safety,
> in any way real or imagined.
>
> Lawyers are responsible for the death of common sense in the USA.
> Trial lawyers, that is.
>
> Now, a 9 volt battery has a few centimeters between terminals, if that.
> It is commonly accepted that electrocution needs a path through the heart
> to succeed, as well as many milliamps. GFCI outlets trip at about 5 mA.
> Pain begins at 10 mA. You would be hard pressed to get those currents
> anywhere on the human body, never mind through the heart, with 9 VDC.
> There is a reason why someone using a defibrillator shouts, "Clear."
>
> There was a time, before the internet, when most people were ashamed to
> venture opinions on things they didn't know about, so they stayed quiet.
> The anonymity of the Internet has made it possible for people to share
> their ignorance with no shame, and we are poorer for it.
>
> Notice the obligatory use of the word "time" in the above paragraph.
>
> In the words of another organization for another reason, "Move on."
>
> Bill Hawkins
>
> OTOH, I remember being very afraid, at 6 years old, when my father
> told me it was OK to touch the terminals of a car battery. I'd heard
> that electricity killed, but I had no idea of the magnitudes involved.
>
>
>
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